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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Jan. 12 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood's Depot Park was transformed into a cross country ski trail on Friday for the annual Depot Dash. Held in conjunction with the Sisu Ski Fest, the event offers area children a free cross country skiing lesson from local experts. Around 30 children participated in this year's event, which is geared for kids 10 and under. Boots, skis and poles were provided as the kids learned on a special trail just for them at the park. "It just gives more kids some exposure to cross country skiing....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Jan. 11 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Chur...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HOUGHTON — There is still no end in sight for the coronavirus pandemic in 2022 as COVID-19 case rates have more than doubled in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties since the last update in December, according to an update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department on Thursday. The update says that cases rates are 506 per 100,000 population in Baraga County, 392 in Gogebic, 390 in Houghton, 637 in Keweenaw and 254 in Ontonagon, for a total of 401 across the western Upper...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Jan. 8 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, Jan. 8 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County Public Health will hold Strong Bodies exercise programs for midlife and older people at three locations in Iron and Gogebic counties starting on Tuesday. Program Assistant Sue Herlevi said Strong Bodies is an evidence-based exercise program for older people. The objective is to improve their health and well-being through a structured, safe and effective strength-training program. During classes, instructors will teach exercises using a combination of dumbbells, adjustable a...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] On April 5, Iron County residents will elect candidates to the Hurley City Council, Mercer Board of Supervisors and Montreal Common Council, as well as to the Iron County Board of Supervisors and the boards of education for the Hurley and Mercer school districts. The deadline to file paperwork for the elections was Tuesday. Hurley Mayor Jay Aijala and alderpersons Steven Lombardo and Joanne Bruneau won’t return to their seats, as they filed non-candidacy papers for the election. Bruneau is running f...
HURLEY, Wis. - Delores Mae Trolla, 91, a longtime resident of Hurley, passed away Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, with family members at her side. Delores was born on May 27, 1930, in Ironwood, Michigan, a daughter of William and Luella (Manchester) Ludlow. She attended Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood and graduated in 1948. On July 26, 1948, Delores was united in marriage to William Anthony Trolla at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hurley. For many years, she and her husband owned and operated...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Jan. 5 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Jan. 4 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon....
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Salvation Army didn’t fare as well this holiday season as it has in previous years. Locally, the 2021 Red Kettle Campaign brought in $25,000, which is 50% of its 2020 earnings. The Salvation Army had a constant kettle at the Walgreens in Ironwood. Several volunteers manned the kettle from time to time. There was occasionally a manned kettle outside Walmart, thanks to the efforts of Dusty Boggs of Ironwood. According to Jamie Stiffarm, director of the local Salvation Army, Boggs was the...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Dec. 31 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Saturday, Jan. 1 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics...
Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range's top five stories of 2021 each day through Friday, New Year's Eve. We continue today with the No. 2 story of the year: Major road construction projects in Bessemer and Hurley. Other top stories in the list have included: at No. 3, The change in air service at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport; No. 4, the reopening of the Pat O'Donnell Civic Center, and No. 5, local preparations for recreational marijuana enterprise. By JASON JUNO...
KIMBALL, Wis. - Wendell K. Eilo, 74, of Kimball passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 19, 2021. He was born in Iron Belt on Dec. 12, 1947, the son of Sulo and Pearl Eilo. Wendy graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1966. Shortly thereafter, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served during the Vietnam War as a radio repair man at Camp Brooks, Da Nang, Vietnam. He was honorably discharged after completing his enlistment as a sergeant in March 1970. He returned to the area where he met Susan...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 29 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant,...
OMA, Wis. — Deputies from the Iron County Sheriff’s Office took a man into custody late Thursday evening after a report of a domestic disturbance at a Oma residence turned into an armed standoff with authorities. According to the release from Sheriff Paul Samardich, deputies were called to the scene of a domestic disturbance at 11:30 p.m., where the informant said both parties had been drinking. When deputies arrived, they found a “frantic” woman holding a toddler standing at the kitchen patio door. As the women let the deputies in, a man ent...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 28 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, S...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners heard a court update from District Court Judge Michael Pope at their regular meeting on Wednesday. Pope said that the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission recently found that the state’s criminal defense system was not up to standard. As part of the state’s changes to improve the system, he said that public defenders are required to receive continuing education on how to represent their clients. He said that the state is also increasing what publi...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Dec. 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Saturday, Dec. 25 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 22 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2...
HURLEY, Wis. - Lillian Ruth Lundberg, 88, of Hurley, passed away on Dec. 14, 2021, with her loving family surrounding her. Born on July 8, 1933, in Mosinee, she was the first-born daughter of the late Wallace Sutton and Ilo Sutton. She lived for most of her childhood on the "Punkin Hollow" family farm in the Arpin, Wisconsin, area with her eight siblings. She walked daily to a one-room schoolhouse for grades 1 – 8 and then attended the Marshfield school where she graduated from high school in 1...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 21 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HANCOCK — An update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department on Thursday said that there have been more than 200 new COVID-19 cases in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties since Dec. 8. There were 68 new COVID-19 cases in Gogebic County, 13 new cases in Ontonagon, 26 new cases in Baraga, 106 new cases in Houghton and three new cases in Keweenaw, for a total of 216 new cases in seven days. There were also three deaths in Gogebic, three deaths in Houghton, one death i...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 18 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, Dec. 19 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
